[MattBairn]

I was thinking about how little time I spend on individual games nowadays and comparing it to when I was a kid (with little money) and spent months and months on a single game.

What are your favourite games of years gone by?

Off the top of my head

Spectrum

Skool Dayz
Manic Miner
Under Wurlde
Dizzy

Amiga
Super Cars
Treasure Island Dizzy
Sensible Soccer
Kick Off 2

NES

Super Mario Brothers (2 and 3 also)
Metroid

SNES

Zelda - A Link to the Past
Super Mario World
Super Soccer

Master System
Wonder Boy 3 - The Dragons Trap

Mega Drive
Altered Beast.

Im sure theres loads more, but these are the ones that sprung to mind first.

[forehead7]

Alex Kid, or Alex the Kid on the Master System(it was our default game) was the fucking shit. You couldn't save it though, so you had to just play through it which was both cool and frustrating. I was never any good but my sister was fucking amazing(she's 3 years older so would've been at a better age when we had it). She got to a ridiculous length. Maybe it was cause I was young, but I used to love just watching her play it!

Old school for me would also be playstation and n64. Can't beat a bit of Crash Team Racing or Mario Kart on those. Final Fantasy 8 is my favourite ever game and I'd throw in Resident Evil 2 in there as well.

[wellboy1991]

Chucky Egg on the Spectrum 128k. Loved it.

[weirdcal]

Alex Kidd in miracle world.
Wonder boy in monster land
Super metroid.
Zelda
Worms
Civilisation 2
Ff vii
Ninja (master system)

[Mozzamozza]

For a speccy retrofest head to world of spectrum website and get an emulator. they're all on there. or the Marvin app for your smartphone. super.

[StewartyMac]

Mozzamozza, on 25 January 2012 - 23:02, said:

the Marvin app for your smartphone.

That's fantastic, thanks for the heads up on that!

[Jambo Stu]

California Games. Outstanding!!

[Todd_is_God]

Totally off topic, but Madden 12 on 12 min qtrs. Really pisses you off when you lose late on tho!

On topic? Super Mario Bros 3 - timeless

[P.C]

weirdcal, on 25 January 2012 - 22:13, said:

Alex Kidd in miracle world.
Wonder boy in monster land
Super metroid.
Zelda
Worms
Civilisation 2
Ff vii
Ninja (master system)

loved that game, actually went onto youtube to watch some of the footage a few weeks ago, brillant

[Cyber_soccer]

MattBairn, on 25 January 2012 - 18:03, said:

Spectrum


Dizzy

Dizzy was great, vague memory of it though. I remember a game called Ski or Die on the spectrum that I used to play all the time, was f*cking immense.

[sky+remote]

I used to love Alex the kid on Master system, do you all remember the Michael Jackson game? He boomeranged his hat and had different coloured suits.

I was always a sucker for Theme Park/Hospital.

[untitled00]

Sonic
FIFA 95 - Running away from the ref when he tried to book you was always fun
Jungle Strike
Premier Manager 95 (Mega Drive version) - The reason I have a soft spot for Cambridge United to this day, Carlo Corrazin you are still my hero!
Sensible World Of Soccer
Mario Kart
Theme Park
ISS Pro 98 - The game that really changed football on the console. The first game where it felt like it actually mattered. 5-4-1 with Croatia, Davor Suker up front, Unstoppable!

This post has been edited by untitled00: 26 January 2012 - 15:22

[MattBairn]

Atari ST

Dungeon Master

I loved that.

[Bert Raccoon]

Commodore 64 - Desert island Dizzy, The Running Man, Robocop, Football Manager.

Amiga 1200 - Not technically a game but hours of fun were to be had with The Jolly Rodgers Cookbook.

[xbl]

Didn't we have a retro thread on this from a couple years ago? I only remember it because I basically posted once a year to say that I'd completed Dune on the Amiga (truly one of the best games ever made) again. I want to play Dune now.

[SteamingparBoz]

Atari ST 520:

Tracksuit Manager
Treble Champions
Kick Off 2
Grand Prix- played that for hours and hours a truly brilliant game
Locomotion
Football Director 2


NES:
Can't remember the name but it was 5 a side international teams- Argentina and West Germany were amazing and you could take out players big time!

Darkwing Duck

[Waal]

SteamingparBoz, on 26 January 2012 - 21:50, said:

NES:
Can't remember the name but it was 5 a side international teams- Argentina and West Germany were amazing and you could take out players big time!

World Cup 90? Did it have super powered overhead kicks that battered the goalkeeper when he got in the way and dodgy pitches with stones or ice on them?

[ditots]

Atari 2600 - River Raid
Pac Man

Sega Mega Drive- Sonic

Playstation - Fifa '98 , Batistuta was immense

This post has been edited by ditots: 26 January 2012 - 22:50

[SteamingparBoz]

Waal, on 26 January 2012 - 22:42, said:

World Cup 90? Did it have super powered overhead kicks that battered the goalkeeper when he got in the way and dodgy pitches with stones or ice on them?

Yes yes that's the one! It was part of a 3 game cartridge if I mind right too, brilliant fun!



Fifa 98 I re-purchased a few weeks ago. Indoor 5 aside gold and a wee tournament in the flat this weekend!

[diamonds2002]

Dizzy was the first game I bought for my Spectrum 128k +2. Brilliant. TRUE STORY

Sensibsle Soccer (the whole series) was the premier football game of its time. I cant think of a more playable, fun and simple football game.

Civilizations (Sid Meier) - the original god game? - spent hours trying to take over the world.

[wisbit]

I had My computer when growing up, i have only ever met one other person to own this system.
The games were pretty hard to come by, but i got S.O. on magnetic tape (either that or type the games out).
A couple of years later Amstrad an Commodore came onto the market, all my mates had one or the other. (I didn't)
Then came the Sega and nintendo, personly i prefered the Sega, with Sonic being the bees.
After that my next gaming experience was probably the Playstation.( i still have one in a cupboard)
The Playstation had so many titles, heres but a few favourites:- Tomb raider, Gran turismo, Medal of honor Allied assualt (which im playing on the PC just now) and Civilization.
Anything after the first Playstation aint old skool.

[harkinsbaldpatch]

Anyone remember kevin keegan player manager on the snes? Loved that game

[gy diamond]

Italia 90 and Sensible Soccer on the Mega Drive.

[caleyjaggi]

Elite, best game ever IMO
Deuteros
Blue max
International karate
The last ninja

[G_Man1985]

Sensible Soccer